Mortal Kombat 1+2+3

I'm really into emulation. And I started my interest in emulation with Mortal Kombat games. So you can imagine my disappointment. Not a minimal effort was given to make these DOS versions look like something more than just a game+emulator bundle. It's not a well-known "GOG remastered/reanimated version" of the old games. And the collection isn't even full since there was also MK Trilogy on DOS. Due to MK1 and MK2 limits you just can't define NumPad as keys. And forget about gamepads. You know, there is a pirate version of "MK DOS Collection", and it was compiled way better: common retro-pc-look front-end, all 4 games run better with no resolution issues. Also, it would be much better to release old Windows 95/98 versions of MK3, MK4 and MK Trilogy, but make it possible to run on modern systems. I still don't have these games on my account, but despite my terrible experience I'm still going to spend my money for it to add it to my library and to support people who blew the dust off it, and probably someday we will see working Windows versions of MK3, MK4 and MK Trilogy here, on GOG.

I try to start MK1 or 2 or 3 and the same thing happens. It tries to open the game then it just closes. I went into properties and set compatibility for Win 95, then Win Xp, & set to run as administrator and it still doesn't run. My guess is Microsoft once again found a way to lock down windows and make it less usable with older software.

Countless quarters were dumped into MKI, II and III back in the days of Arcades - and I was so happy to see these ported over to PC. I lost my originals EONS ago, so I am thankful GOG was able to strike a deal and get these here! Every so often I will load up one of the games, do a few rounds of KOMBAT and just rejoice at how fun MK was! Groundbreaking at the time, for what a fighting game was.

Freshly installed the game doesn't accept input from keyboard or controller. It sits in atract mode until you ctrl+alt+delete out of there. I have purchased a large number of DOSBox shell games through GoG and have never had one not work on a fresh clean install. I have a personal policy about games I purchase through a digital distributor; if it's broken out of the box I'm asking for a refund.

The best trilogy of MK where it all started. Always can sit down and have fun with a friend that comes over. Still need to go and lookup moves and Fatalities on articles, makes me remember the good old days when finding a magazine that had these moves. Good times.